In Music this term, Year 2 are learning about rock music. We thought about how we can work together to compose rock music. Year 2 used the glockenspiels and used their bodies to try and find the pulse of the music. [gallery ids="18939,18940,18941"]...
As our entry point for our new topic, we had a visit from ‘Nite Owls’ where we met a range of different owls. We learnt some interesting facts about them and enjoyed watching them fly across the hall right above our heads! At the end...
Year 2 have been working incredibly hard with their nativity performance. We have been practicing our lines and have been singing beautifully. We are looking forward to showing everyone our nativity performance next week! [gallery ids="18585,18586"]...
Last week we all took part in our Maths Rocks House Challenge. We had an exciting afternoon of maths activities centred around learning key maths facts such as number bonds and times tables. Some of the activities included number bond PE games, learning times tables...
This week, Year 2 travelled to the Tower of London to consolidate their learning of the Gunpowder Plot. The children learned more about the Tower's role as a prison. They also understood the events leading up to and following Guy Fawkes' imprisonment. The children were...
This week in Computing we investigated the effect that good lighting has on the quality of the photos we take and explored what effect using the camera flash and adding an artificial light source have on our photos. [gallery ids="18370,18369,18368,18367,18366,18365,18361,18362,18363,18364"]...
This week in Art, Year 2 created their final art piece. We created a London skyline at either sunset or sunrise, mixing colours, shades and tones to create a gentle gradient. We then carefully cut black card to create the famous London skyline. [gallery ids="18250,18251,18252,18253,18254,18255,18256,18257"]...
This week in history, Year 2 were recapping the events of the Gunpowder plot. We acted out key scenes and thought about character’s emotions. As king, James I upset both the Puritans and Catholics, but it was the Catholics who acted first. They planned to blow...
This week in English, we have started our new unit based on Katie in London. We created a virtual tour in our classrooms using our amazing models and projects of London landmarks. We used different texts to find out facts about each landmark and post...
